Speaking out about the federalization of criminal law is the American Bar Association, that assembled a commission to study the issue (headed by Edwin Meese III) and in 1998 issued a report that stated that "[a]lthough it may be impossible to determine exactly how many federal crimes could be prosecuted today, it is clear that of all federal crimes enacted since 1865, over forty percent have been created since 1970."

But this does not seem to be stopping Congress.

Paul Rosenzweig and Trent England of the Heritage Foundation recently authored a piece titled, Horsing Around Congress, in the American Spectator. It's on one of the latest congressional considerations - the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. As they state, " [f]or some reason, in the midst of the war on terrorism and debates about the economy and Social Security, Congress is trying to criminalize horsemeat."